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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-12-11
The Building Associations.

Indianapolis workingmen put money into
building associations than the people of any other
city of the size in the world.
Subscriptions for stock for . association on
South West street are being taken. The men inter-
ested nearly all employed at the pork-houses-
The South Side is enjoying os remarkable
prosperity. Nine series of stock have been issued
Some loans have recently been made at a premium
of 81 per share per week, which indicates that
there is . demand for its money.
Quite number of saloonkeepers who allowed
building associations to be started in their places of
business seeking to have them change their meet
ing place. because their business is injured by the
loose money all going into the associations.
The Hamilton is of the most ssful of the
South-side associations although little is said of it.
1t will complete its third year. It has never
had any money hand, and borrowers have always
taken $1s6 per share of $500. Mr.. A. g. Smith is
the secretary.
The 4Etna Association. recently organized. is
success. Three hundred shares taken the first
night. The association has some and very COM
mendable features Dividends are declared every
six months in proportion to the amount paid in and
money paid ahead is earning premiums and shor.ens
the term for a share to become par.
The eighty members of the Metropolitan police
force talking OF organizing association of their
own. They now nearly all stockholders in differ
en-: associations, and they have found their invest
nnents profitable that they want 70 put in more
money. half dozen members of the force have
CURED homes since they went the force through
their association savings.
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honr and there are records of wild engines"
that reach O hundred miles an hour Inc re-
sistance of the atmosphere increases VIE IN
creased speed. but it is not now considered
formidable obstacle, for additional power easily
overcomes it.
LIGHTNING EXTRAORDINARY
Apaper wa. read before the London Electric Socie-
ty by Capt John Arrowsrnith the repeanr proper
ties os certain colors of lightning captain 5rloN
smith states that he had made thirty voyages curing
which the vessel under his command had been ninety
eight different times within the voxtex OF the eectr-c
fluid and that in instance had IL come IN
with those parts his and spars eolored with
black paint. and that the parts unpanted were I's
make the experiment upon reading the singular effects
of lightning upon giebald cattle and hosse 'H IN
the animal which were white being reparka ABLE PIE,
Captain A further states that his practice had oeo
lightning to his vessel. We should like to know if
any difference has ever been remarked IN TINS coun
animals to be struck by lightning.
The above was delivered about fifty years ago. ana
would the science of to-day bear out its truth
Either you have misunderstood Capt Arrow
smiths statements, or be was Munchaueen.
The statement that he took in sail upon the
approach OF lightning to his vessel is absurd
He could as we'll put up lightnine-rod when ne
saw lightning about to strike his house Color
has no effect on lightning. but there might De
some su Distance in black paint or any other col
ored paint that would attract electricity
POLITICAL MATTERS.
:, L. Who is. Governor of Te..za 2 :, VIVA. was
the Democratic majority in New York this Year, D.
Is John Kelly of Tammany Hall living or not!
PARK Dec z j. B. JOHNSON.
!. L. c. Ross. The plurality of the
Democratic candidate for Secretary of State
was 1907. 3. He is dead.
FRENCH AS SHE Is SPOKE.
Please give in the Sunday Journal the correct pro-
nuncation of the words LES Mserables.
ANDERSON, Ind. ONE WHO WANTS TO KNOW.
1t can hardly be done in print. Lay Me gay
rah- bl is close come.
INDIANA ALMANAC.
Is there such thing as Indiana almanac pub
lshed! If so, where can find it? w. ". KENDALL
PLYMOUTH Dec. 5.
There is no Indiana Almanac" There is q
scholastic almanac published at Notrs Dame
University.
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Harvesting a Snow-SIide.

Ouray ItOl.0 BndEet.
Captain jackson, Of the Belle Of the West. has
a novel idea High up in Full Moon Guieh. in q
point almost inaccessible to animals. the Belle
of the West people have secured some tim Der.
In midwinter this guch is q prolific breeder of
untamed snow-slides. The Captains plan is
simply to fell the timber the newly fallen
snow in the eulch and let each successive slide
carry its burden to the park below. Snowslides.
like Lightning, have often been instruments OF
destruction, and pitiless as fate itself. but
this Is the first time have heard man propose
to use their latent power for useful ends. The
next thing we know some daring Individual will
be hosting ore with . water-spout
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The Military Companies.

M F. Connect, of the l. l.. L, has resumed active
work with the company.
The Rice Zouaves will hold special business meet
ing this afternoon at o'clock.
Herman Tniele, of the Rice Zouaves, has been home
for a week. He returned to Cleveland last night.
Al Hughes, of Company A, left for San Francisco
last week. Allie Porter expects to join him the frat
of next year.
The dramatic club of the Merchants Zouaves will
give entertainment shortly. Tickets will be
sale next week, probably.
All the members of the local military companies
and Uniformed Rank K of P expected to take
In the q. A. r. ball at Tomnson Hall on the 10th.
Company A will shortly give a complimentary dance
Pfafiin's Hail. The committee, consisting of Lieu
tenant Castor g. L. Payne, Joseph Held, Ollie Por-
ter and Fremont Frey, will arrange the prelimnaries
tomorrow evening The committee will meet at the
Journal Office
The Light Artillery and Company A, who jointly
own their armory on College avenue, have scheme
foot by which they expect to realize handsome
income this winter. As the cold weather makes drill
ing impossible it is intended to food the armory and
open rink for ice skating. Company appointed
its committee at the business meeting last Tuesday
night, follows: Capt. w. j. Kercheval, chairman;
Lieut.. Vance Noel, w. s. Lockman, VIII James and
Frank Knots. The Artillery will probably appoint
its committee tomorrow night.
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Cash quotations were follows: Flour firm and
nominally unchanged: No spring wheat, 11ls0
No. corn. 4S3sc; No. oats. 30l4 $50 Lac; No.
rye, &c; No. barley 72076c; No. 1 fax
seed 81. "a: Prime tmothy-see,t S23O0231.
Mess pork per bril-. $l4.3719 a I4.62ls. Lard per
pound, 7-22la07.25c- Short-rib sides tloose).
750c: dry-salted shoulders tboxedl, 5.SO05.9Oc;
shortclear sides (boxedl 81 SIS zoe Whisky dis
stillers finished goods. per gal. $1.1O; cut
loaf, 7l2G .1ac graduated 1-5c; standard "a 7c-
On the Produce Exchange to-day the butter market
very quiet and easy: creamery, 10000; fancy
dairy, Is 026c. Eggs. d a9023c-
Receipts-Flour, %. 900 brls; wheat, 65, 900 bu;
corn. I22, 900 bn; oats, 1O3. 600 bu: rye. 5000
bu; barley s. 900 bu. Shipments-F1our, 81 900;
brls; wheat, 5000 bu corn, $4,000 bu; oats.
109, 900 bu; rye 3 900 bu; barley 47.O0O bu.
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Geese. Ducks and Lions.

Johnny's Composition. in San Francisco Examiner.
Gees hisses but ducks quacks, and wen
Frankly, that's the baby, is painfis IN his lap he
holers, but the lion roars like distant thunder
and makss the wellkon wiring! Uncle Ned, which
has ben in Injy, and evry were, he says one mite
lion come out of the woods and went TO his
rel for to eat his cattle. Uncle Ned he got
and looked in the correl thru crack the lion
shode his teeth and Uncle Ned sed, 1.-The idiot
thinks am a dentist but haven't no time for
to tend to him. He send for the lion tanner for
to Quell him with his L"
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The Jobbing Trade.

Block. $3.75 p Ainshall, So. rs ~ ton; Jack
son. S425 p ton; Pittsburg. $3.50 ~ ton: Raymond
City. 81 so p ton; Winfrede. $3.50 " ton; Campbell
Creek. S4.51 p ton; Hooking, 81 % y ton; Island
City. So. 50 p ton; Highland 50 Is p ton: Pied
mont aud Blossourg, 1925 ton; DuggAr pea
cock lump. 80 q ton; nut, So 90 y ton: chest
nut No. 4 and stove anthracite. $500 y ton. egg
andgrate anthracite 1913 y ton: gas coke $50 per
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-12-11

A CURIOUS jubilee was recently celebrated In
Germany by a man named Cleve. 1t was the
two hundredth anniversary of the date when
one of his ancestors was first elected a postal
clerk-a position which had ever since been
handed down in the family.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-12-11
LIVE STOCK.
Cattle in Light Supply and Irr eg ular-Hogs
Active and = Shade Stronger.

CATTLE-Receipts, 64o; shipments, ZOO The sup
ply was light for Saturday and the market very
dull Most of the offering of shipping grades went
through to New York in first hands. There four
loads of Christmas cattle forwarded by Wilkinson g.
Corwin to New York, the best that in the
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-12-11
FIELD SEEDS

Wholesale and Retail at HUNTINGTON & HOSES
SEED STORE, IS and so E. Market st. Indianapo-
lis. Samples and prices furnished on application.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-12-11
SOCIETY MEETINGS.

EMINENT physicians recommend Ayers Cherry
Pectoral for all bronchial troubles.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-12-11
NEW YORK AND CHICAGO.

YORK. Dec. 1o.-Bar silver, 95lac.
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HARMONY COUNCIL, NO. 2, JR. o. U. A. NJ
IL will be reorganized next Wednesday evening,
Dec. ii, by Frank ii. Goheen, deputy national coun-
cilor, in Secret Leagu Hall, When Block, at 8
o'clock. All former members cordially invited to
attend.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-12-11

Floyd Fink. of No l. is slowly recovering from a
long sickness of typhoid fever.
Hon. L. G. Walker, supreme cardinal of the Secret
League has gone to Florida to spend the holidays.
Eureka, No. 6, louisville will entertain on next
Thursday night with musical and literary and
oyster supper.
tracted prospecting tour California. Since his re-
turn he has been Frustrated with serious attack of
pleurisy.
Pioneer, No. % is enjoying boom Twentv-s;x
new members were added during November. This
lodge expects to round up the year with 100
work
Fountain, No. % held social and gave an oyster
tended Miss alma White played violin solo s a as-
companied by her sister Ida. Miss Belle Jennes
piano solo Jno W. Woods recited aSheridan's Ride.
and gave songs. The whole affair creditable
to the order and financial success.
Indianapolis, No. 1, on Thursday evening last gave
masked social and ball. preceded by musical and
literary entertainment in which the followingnamed
isr violin solo by Miss Alma white accompanied by
Miss Miller; recitation by Miss Dora Bartholomew;
Lincoln Club. The programme was exceptionally
well selected and rendered. The mask costumes gen
sister Annie furnished the music for the dancing.
The entertainments was enjoyed by a large and ap-
preciative audience
UNITED ORDER OF HONOR.
Decline Lodge received one new application last
Wednesday evening.
Indiana Lodge will give ball at the virginia-ave.
Rink next Thursday evening.
The Arch Canton is arran ync an entertainment for
New Year S at the Supreme Lodge Hall.
Pleasant Lodge at Brightwood will be visited by
the committee on Thursday evening. Dec 22.
The delegate convention has been called for Dec.
% in the Supreme Lodge Hall at $50 clock p
Arch Canton No. ! will meet next Saturday even.
ing which time the election of officers viii be
preme President A. W. Wishard, Arch president
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-07-26
Resolution.

A Resolutionfor the Construction of q Side
of and along lots Z, 8 and 8. in Mobiles Add.
t ZION : sa ana I ~ g, nl9e * 81 an 9e 'nts ! aadk 50 h, ana
4t, and lot 10, bioek44 Gentsal xankton,
Be it Resolved by the Mayor and Council of the
City of Yankton.
necessary, that the following sidewalk should
DO constructed In the said city of Yankton,
to-wit: Or the north side of Fifth street in
lIfat Gd aa aa,o alGng 1 Siaol 7, 4, e Gsas !; = ls sP /
and lots 8 and 20, block 40, ndlo:9 and 10, block
As, and lot 10, block Al, Central Yankton.
Sec, 2. That said sidewalk shall be six feet
the curb line Of said Fifth. street, 10 feet dis
tant from the adjacent. lots above described;
and the said sidewalk shall be constructed OF
wood and in al RESPECTS II aocordance With
and plans and specifications to be prepared by
the city engineer, and approved by the mayor
and council. b said sidewalGs alongside, or
in front of any of the aforesaid lots, situated
on u corner, made by the intersection of two
streets, shall be extended to the curb line of
the crossing street, or so aB to meet and con-
may be laid down hereafter, upon such CROSS
ing streets.
SEQ. s, That the cost and expense of making
the aforesaid improvements shall be betrayed
lots, or parts of lots. bounding or AUDITING on
the Hame, in proportion to the feet front of said
lots or parts of lots so Astounding OF AUDITING.
an spproximate sradS to conform to the sur
face of the ground, as designated in the said
plans and specifications to be prepared syathe
Sec.b That this resolution shall be pub
lished for four consecutive weeks in the official
newspaper of the CITY.
Adopted July sth, 1887.
JAMES KINGSBURY, City Clerk.
JAMES e. TELLER, Mayor.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-07-26
Hupnx Homes.

Much has been written and said about
how to make home happy. The moralist
and the preacher have hackneyed this
theme until it wonld seem nothing more
remained to be said. But the philoso-
pliers have gone far oHt OF their way to
account for the prevalence Of ill.assorted
couples and unhappy homes, and have
overlooked the chief cause. Most Of
the unhappiness OF married life can be
traced directly to those functional de-
engagements to which women are subject.
In nine GASES ont OF ten the irritable
dissatisfied and unhappy wife is q suf-
ferer from some sfemale complaint" a
trial OF DIR. Plsrce's Fayorite Prescrip-
tion will produce more domestic happi-
ness then q million sermons or philoso-
phical treatiees. 1t cures all those
peculiar weaknesses and ailments inci.
dent to woment. IT is the only medi.
oine sold by druggists, under o positive
guarantee from the manufacturers, that
IL will give satisfaction IN every case, OF
money! will be refunded. See guarantee
printed. on wrapper enclosing bottle
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-07-26

Our Mineral Products.

Washington, July 2A-The total value
OF the mineral products increased in
round numbers from S42s, COO. GOO in 1885,
in 1885. The important factor in the gain
of $35 900, 600 was the increased produc-
tion OF pig iron from 4.O44,525 tons to
465. 100000 in 1885 10 k.sss. 829 in 1885.
and an appreciation OF rs cents in the
average value per ton making q total gain
of $50, ABS, 800 IN this industry alone. The
total value of gold produced in 1886 Was
S35000,000. IN inerease Of So. I99. 600 over
1885. The production OF silver decreas.
ed from S51, 900. 600 in 1885 to $5I ,00c,-
600 in 1856. The production of copper
in 1885 amounted tor 16Q,69S,
0S1 pounds, q decrease Of 10,284, 529
pounds from 1886. The total production
Of lead increased to 1886. 62S tons in 1885.
In 1856 the production IF waite lead is
estimated at 60,000 short tons. The
total vesne OF the oxides OF lead was
about ST. ,535 200 The z.ae production
WAS 42,64l snort tons, an lncsear of
1858 shert tons over 1885. There
are pTeparations AR 9 further I'M
crease during 1887. Nm 1885 the Pro-
iduction o4 quioksilser IN California
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Resolution.

A Resolution for the Construction of q Side
walk on the east side of Broadway in front
Of and along lots i = 80 8. 8, q and 9, block
that part Of the city Of Yankton, known ana
plated az '.Yankton.n
Be it Resolved by the Mayer and Council of
the City of Yankton.
Section1 That it is, aud is hereby declared
necessary, thst the following idewaik should
be constructed in the said City of Yankton,
to-wit: On the east side of Broadway in front
AZ, and lots1 2, 8, 4, 5. 8, ., 8 and 81 block IS, in
that part of the city of Yankton, known and
plated as t.Yankton."
Sec. 2, That SAID sidewalk shall be six feet
wide, the outer edge thereof to be laid upon
the curb line of said Broadway street, said
curb line to conform to curb line OF walk north
of proposed walk, and the said sidewalk shall
be constructed of wood and in al respects in
accordance with the requirements OF the ordl-
nanoes Of the city, and plans and specifications
proved by the mayor and council. The said
sidewalks alongside, or in front of any of the
aforesaid lots, situated on q corner, made by
tended to the curb line of the crossing street.
Or 80 as to meet and connect with any side
walks new laid down, or that may be laid down
hereafter, upon such crossing streets,
Sec. 5. Thatth cost and expense of making
the aforesaid improvements shall be betrayed
by special tax, to be levied upon the aforesaid
the same. in proportion to the feet front of
said lots or parts of lots 30, Astounding or abut-
ting.
an approximate grade to conform to the sur
face of the ground. as designated in the said
plans and specifications to be prepared by the
Sec. &. That this resolution shall be pub
lished for four consecutive weeks IN the official
Newspaper OF. the city.
Adopted = IN M IN Iss 4sa CITY Clerk.
'li' JAMES d .SELfLER, Mayor.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-07-26
Launched Into ETERNITY,

lnb0 EtGVutLy.
Nebraska City, Nsb.. July 24-A mob
Of determined farmers from the vicinity
OF the former home OF Lee 5hellenber.
ger, the murderer of his little daughter,
organized near the cemetery south of
this city tonight and about 1880 march-
ed to the jail tor the purpose OF secnr-
ing the murderer. Tue guards were en.
tlrely taken by surprise and we're easily
overcome. A number of the mob around
the court house square were standing
guard while the others entered the build
ing. An atteMp pit was made TO batter in the
iron door on the south side of the Jail but
it resisted So firmly that this eouid not be
done. Then the sheriff. office, which is
situated directly yer the prisoners cell.
was broken into and an opening forced
through the floor which consumed nearly
an hour. When the cell was reached at
$50 ashont notified the orawd that they
had secured Shellenberger, and within a
minute afterward Sheiienberger was
brought out Of the front door, apparent
ly half carried aud malt pushed. Some
one was in q tree Immediately in front OF
the court honse. In an instant the
rope vas ready. They visited possibly
q minute during which the
reporter could bear nothing from
Shellenbsrger and it is believed he was
incapable OF speech. Then there was a
shont, q long pull and the body went
up limp and apparently l~ifeless. There
was no movement Of the limbs and no
struggle whatever. Two shots were
fired from thirty or forty feet away the
fash indicating thas they were at the
victim.
The body Was let down and lifted
again and remained hanging. The mob
dispersed as quickly as they could. All
were masked and armed TO the teeth.
Very few citizens were on the street.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-07-26

"HACKMETACK.1 a lasting and fra
grant perfume. Price % and so cents. Sold
by DR.. V~anderhule.
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Drink Rich.

st. Paul Pioneer Press. If you are
determined to waste money on whisky,
start q hotel or saloon in your own house
be the only customer and you will have
no license to pay. Go to your wife and
give her So to buya gallon Of whisky,
and remember there are sixty drinks in
q gallon. You can make it your business
every time you are thirsty to buy a
drink from yonr wife, and by the time
you have drank up The first gallon your
wife. will have the 50 to pay you back.
So to put in the bank, and So to start
in business again, And should you hap.
pen to live ten years and continue to
buy booze from your wife, and die at the
expiration of that time with snakes in
your socks, she will have money enough
to bury you deoently, buy agood house
and LOT, educate your children, and
marry some respectable man, and never
be bothered thinking about you. Try
ii, and see how the thing will pan out.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-07-26
Tess md 9akotaiaa
straight Talk.

From Governor Meliette's 4sh of july
Grafton ut ~Spsinghefl. III the change
of rulers Shich chance may bripg you
may iad more OF lees mercy. but vested
power ls heser Willingly abregated.
One English king list his Gend me
many have risked his fate IN order to
MAINTAIN usurped power or to lDcreass
1t. Grover Cleveland hES just shoHed
the came Weakness, and the rebuke II
fseemen having power to rebuke has
strengthened our hope OF d~eliversnce.
A fresh importation from New York to
the Dakota judiciary. who last week AL
rsIted the editor OF the Hnronite for
Language which his homo consitsre ed un-
becoming to his dignity, will come forth
from the contest with the knowledge
that slaves have some power. Ii that
court attempts to arrest every . who
now expresses q contempt for it's conduct,
the iails won't hold the victims, and he
will be compelled to CORRAL them OF the
prairies in barb wire pens. and must COM
mence with n of his iariss. = : :
No Jeffries can travel through the fifth
judicial DISTRICT of Dakota, territory
though she is, and hold his bloody as
sizes, eYen though backed by King
James and q King Grover. The people
of the fifth district will treat with due
reverence the opinions of court, be-
cause it is q court, but they will reserve
the right TO criticise their courts Off
cial action, both through the press and
mouth, holding themselves ever ready
and willing to answer for an alleged
abuse of those blood-bonght preroga.
tives before a Jury CT their peers, but nc
courtithere must think to arrest and try
and convict and sentence snd imprison
one who may inadvertently point ont a
judicial error, whilst the evidence, the
verdict, the sentence and the motion are
locked up in one mind. even though its
owner be q court. A judge selscted
from the people " allegiance to the
people, and is in the power and control
Of the peoole as the peoples servant
This is o restraining force TO guell inor-
dinate lust for power, to subdue un-
wonted ambition, to make a government
OF, for, and by the people.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-07-26

SHILoH's CATARRH REMEDY-A
positive cure for Catarrh, Diptheria and
Canker Mouth. Sold by DR.. Vanderhule.